3 U.S.C. § 1
Time of appointing electors
The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on election day, in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day.
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3 U.S.C. § 3
Number of electors
The number of electors shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which the several States are by law entitled at the time when the President and Vice President to be chosen come into office; except, that where no apportionment of Representatives has been made after any enumeration, at the time of…
3 U.S.C. § 4
Vacancies in electoral college
Each State may, by law enacted prior to election day, provide for the filling of any vacancies which may occur in its college of electors when such college meets to give its electoral vote.
3 U.S.C. § 5
Certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors
Each certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors shall— It shall be the duty of the executive of each State— For purposes of section 15: Any action brought by an aggrieved candidate for President or Vice President that arises under the Constitution or laws of the United States with respect to the issuance o…
3 U.S.C. § 6
Duties of Archivist
The certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors received by the Archivist of the United States under section 5 shall—
3 U.S.C. § 7
Meeting and vote of electors
The electors of President and Vice President of each State shall meet and give their votes on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment at such place in each State in accordance with the laws of the State enacted prior to election day.
3 U.S.C. § 8
Manner of voting
The electors shall vote for President and Vice President, respectively, in the manner directed by the Constitution.
3 U.S.C. § 9
Certificates of votes for President and Vice President
The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other of the votes for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates of votes one of the certificates of ascertainment of ap…
3 U.S.C. § 10
Sealing and endorsing certificates
The electors shall seal up the certificates of votes so made by them, together with the annexed certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors, and certify upon each that the lists of all the votes of such State given for President, and of all the votes given for Vice President, are contained therein.
3 U.S.C. § 11
Transmission of certificates by electors
The electors shall immediately transmit at the same time and by the most expeditious method available the certificates of votes so made by them, together with the annexed certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors, as follows:
3 U.S.C. § 12
Failure of certificates of electors to reach President of the Senate or Archivist of the United States; demand on State for certificate
When, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, no certificate of vote mentioned in sections 9 and 11 of this title from any State shall have been received by the President of the Senate or by the Archivist of the United States by the fourth Wednesday in December, the President of the Senate or, if the Pr…
3 U.S.C. § 13
Same; demand on district judge for certificate
When, after the meeting of the electors shall have been held, no certificates of votes from any State shall have been received at the seat of government on the fourth Wednesday in December, the President of the Senate or, if the President of the Senate be absent from the seat of government, the Archivist of the United…
3 U.S.C. § 15
Counting electoral votes in Congress
The President of the Senate shall— No objection or other question arising in the matter shall be in order unless the objection or question— The only grounds for objections shall be as follows: Except as provided in subparagraph (B)— The vote of an elector who has been appointed under a certificate of ascertainment of a…
3 U.S.C. § 16
Same; seats for officers and Members of two Houses in joint session
At such joint session of the two Houses seats shall be provided as follows: For the President of the Senate, the Speaker’s chair; for the Speaker, immediately upon his left; the Senators, in the body of the Hall upon the right of the presiding officer; for the Representatives, in the body of the Hall not provided for t…
3 U.S.C. § 17
Same; limit of debate in each House
When the two Houses separate to decide upon an objection pursuant to section 15(d)(2)(C)(i) that may have been made to the counting of any electoral vote or votes from any State, or other question arising in the matter—
3 U.S.C. § 18
Same; parliamentary procedure at joint session
While the two Houses shall be in session as provided in this chapter, the President of the Senate shall have power to preserve order; and no debate shall be allowed and no question shall be put by the presiding officer except to either House on a motion to withdraw under section 15(d)(2)(C)(i).
3 U.S.C. § 19
Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act
An individual acting as President under subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section shall continue to act until the expiration of the then current Presidential term, except that—
3 U.S.C. § 20
Resignation or refusal of office
The only evidence of a refusal to accept, or of a resignation of the office of President or Vice President, shall be an instrument in writing, declaring the same, and subscribed by the person refusing to accept or resigning, as the case may be, and delivered into the office of the Secretary of State.
3 U.S.C. § 21
Definitions
As used in this chapter the term—
3 U.S.C. § 22
Severability
If any provision of this chapter, or the application of a provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this chapter, and the application of the provisions to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the holding.
3 U.S.C. § 101
Commencement of term of office
The term of four years for which a President and Vice President shall be elected, shall, in all cases, commence on the 20th day of January next succeeding the day on which the votes of the electors have been given.
3 U.S.C. § 102
Compensation of the President
The President shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected compensation in the aggregate amount of $400,000 a year, to be paid monthly, and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000 to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his offici…
3 U.S.C. § 103
Traveling expenses
There may be expended for or on account of the traveling expenses of the President of the United States such sum as Congress may from time to time appropriate, not exceeding $100,000 per annum, such sum when appropriated to be expended in the discretion of the President and accounted for on his certificate solely.
3 U.S.C. § 105
Assistance and services for the President
The President may, under paragraph (1) of this subsection, appoint and fix the pay of not more than— The President may, under paragraph (1) of this subsection, appoint and fix the pay of not more than— The President is authorized to procure for the White House Office and the Executive Residence at the White House, as p…
3 U.S.C. § 106
Assistance and services for the Vice President
In order to enable the Vice President to provide assistance to the President in connection with the performance of functions specially assigned to the Vice President by the President in the discharge of executive duties and responsibilities, the Vice President is authorized— without regard to any other provision of law…
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